Hemerocallis plant named ‘VER00330’

ABSTRACT

A new cultivar of  Hemerocallis  plant named ‘VER00330’ that is characterized by its flowers and flower buds that are dark red in color, its long and continuous blooming habit; blooming from the end of June to the end of September in the Netherlands, its compact plant habit, and its deciduous growth habit (dormant in winter).

Botanical classification: Hemerocallis hybrid.

Cultivar Designation: ‘VER00330’.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to European Community Plant VarietyOffice (CPVO) Plant Breeder's Rights Application No. 2021/0216 filed onFeb. 15, 2021, under 35 U.S.C. 119(f), the entire contents of which isincorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofHemerocallis plant of hybrid origin, botanically known as Hemerocallis‘VER00330’ and will be referred to hereafter by its cultivar name,‘VER00330’. ‘VER00330’ is a new cultivar of herbaceous daylily grown foruse in the landscape and as a container plant.

The new cultivar was developed through an on-going breeding programconducted by the Inventor in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The objectivesof the breeding program are to develop new cultivars of Hemerocalliswith long and continuous blooming habits combined with compact and clumpforming plant habits.

The new cultivar arose from a crosses made in 2014. The new cultivararose from open pollination of an unpatented and unnamed proprietaryplant from the Inventor's breeding program, designation HEM2006/2007-021, as the female parent. The male parent is unknown.‘VER00330’ was selected as a single unique plant from the resultingseedlings in 2016.

Asexual propagation of the new cultivar was first accomplished bydivision in Noordwijk, The Netherlands in 2018 by the Inventor. Asexualpropagation by division has determined that the characteristics of thiscultivar are stable and are reproduced true to type in successivegenerations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and represent thecharacteristics of ‘VER00330’. These attributes in combinationdistinguish ‘VER00330’ as a new and distinct cultivar of Hemerocallis.

-   -   1. ‘VER00330’ exhibits flowers and flower buds that are dark red        in color.    -   2. ‘VER00330’ exhibits a long and continuous blooming habit;        blooming from the end of June to the end of September in the        Netherlands.    -   3. ‘VER00330’ exhibits a compact plant habit.    -   4. ‘VER00330’ exhibits a deciduous growth habit (dormant in        winter).

The female parent of ‘VER00330’ differs from ‘VER00330’ in having flowerbuds that are green-yellow in color, flowers that are light red incolor, and leaves that are more narrow. The new cultivar can be mostclosely compared to Hemerocallis cultivars ‘VER00322’ (U.S. Plant Pat.No. 29,136) and ‘VER00198’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,004). ‘VER00322’ issimilar to ‘VER00330’ in having a dormant growth habit in winter, a longflowering period, and flowers that are red in color. ‘VER00322’ differsfrom ‘VER00330’ in having flowers that are lighter red in color, a laterflowering season, less fertility, and flower buds that are green-yellowin color. ‘VER00198’ is similar to ‘VER00330’ in having a dormant growthhabit in winter, a long flowering period, and floriferous bloominghabit. ‘VER00198’ differs from ‘VER00330’ in having flowers that arepink in color.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR

The Applicant asserts that no publications or advertisements relating tosales, offers for sale, or public distribution occurred more than oneyear prior to the effective filing date of this application. Anyinformation about the claimed plant would have been obtained from adirect or indirect disclosure from the Inventor. The Applicant claims aprior art exemption under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/orsales prior to the filing date but less than one year prior to theeffective filing date. Disclosures include but are not limited topublications from European plant trials.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying color photographs illustrate the overall appearance anddistinct characteristics of the new Hemerocallis. The photographs weretaken of a 12-month-old plant as grown in a conventional greenhouse withlightly chalked glass in a 17-cm container in Noordwijk, TheNetherlands.

The photograph in FIG. 1 provides a side view of ‘VER00330’ in bloom.

The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close-up view of a flower of‘VER00330’.

The photograph in FIG. 3 provides a close-up view of the foliage of‘VER00330’.

The colors in the photographs are as close as possible with the digitalphotography and printing techniques utilized and the color codes in thedetailed botanical description accurately describe the new Hemerocallis.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT

The following is a detailed description of 12-month-old plants of thenew cultivar as grown in a conventional greenhouse with lightly chalkedglass in 17-cm containers in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The phenotypeof the new cultivar may vary with variations in environmental, climatic,and cultural conditions, as it has not been tested under all possibleenvironmental conditions. The color determination is in accordance withThe 2015 Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London,England, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionarysignificance are used.

-   General characteristics:    -   -   Blooming period.—End of June to the end of September in The            Netherlands.        -   Plant type.—Herbaceous perennial.        -   Plant habit.—Compact, upright with arching leaves, dormant            type, broadly spreading.        -   Height and spread.—Reaches an average of 32.2 cm in height            from soil level to top of foliar plane, 25 cm in height from            soil level to top of floral plane, and 45.2 cm in spread.        -   Cold hardiness.—At least in U.S.D.A. Zone 5.        -   Diseases and pests.—No susceptibility or resistance to            diseases or pests has been observed.        -   Root description.—Fleshy with fibrous secondary roots.        -   Propagation type.—Division.        -   Root development.—About 16 weeks to produce a salable young            plant from a single fan division.        -   Growth rate.—Moderately vigorous.-   Foliage description:    -   -   Leaf shape.—Linear.        -   Leaf division.—Simple.        -   Leaf base.—Decurrent.        -   Leaf apex.—Acute with a mucronate outer tip.        -   Leaf venation.—Parallel, color upper surface; 143A, color            lower surface; NN137A and 147A.        -   Leaf margins.—Entire.        -   Leaf attachment.—Decurrent, no petioles.        -   Leaf arrangement.—Basal rosette.        -   Leaf orientation.—Held upright to pendulant.        -   Leaf surface.—Both surfaces glabrous, upper surface            moderately glossy, lower surface matte.        -   Leaf color.—Young leaves upper surface; a blend of 137B and            143A, young leaves lower surface; 143A and 144A, mature            leaves upper surface; a blend of NN137A and 147A, covered            with a very thin waxy layer of 189A, mature lower surface;            NN137A and NN137C, covered with a very thin waxy layer of            189A.        -   Leaf size.—Up to 39.8 cm in length, an average of 1 cm in            width.        -   Leaf quantity.—Average of 8 per rosette, 10 leaves per            shoot.-   Flower description:    -   -   Inflorescence type.—Scape bearing a panicle of single            flowers.        -   Inflorescence size.—7.2 cm (excluding peduncle), 6.8 cm in            diameter.        -   Lastingness of flowers.—Average of 1 day, self-cleaning.        -   Flower size.—An average of 6.7 cm in height and diameter,            6.4 cm in depth, throat; 5.5 mm in diameter, tube; 1.5 cm in            length, 6 mm in diameter.        -   Flower fragrance.—None.        -   Flower number.—Average of 4 per inflorescence, 19 flower            buds per plant.        -   Flower aspect.—Upright to outward.        -   Flower type.—Campanulate, freely flowering.        -   Flower bud.—Narrow oblong in shape, average of 3.6 cm in            length and 1.1 cm in width, moderately glossy, smooth,            glabrous, color 151A, central section 175B, base 144A to            144B, tip 143B.        -   Petals (inner tepals).—3, obovate in shape, strongly            reflexed, average of 6.4 cm in length and 3.1 cm in width,            margins entire, moderately to highly finely undulate, upper            half of free portion revolute, apex broadly retuse, base            fused (lower 22%), upper surface smooth, glabrous, velvety,            matte, lower surface smooth, glabrous, very slightly glossy,            color: upper surface when opening and fully open; 178C,            margins 178B, base 13B, tube 151A, veins 12D, lower surface            when opening and fully open; 173C, broad margins 176C, base            148B, tube N144B, veins 173C, flower throat color; 151A,            flower throat vein color; 12D, flower tube color; N144A.        -   Sepals (outer tepals).—3, rotate in arrangement, average of            5.7 cm in length, 2.3 cm in width, obovate in shape upper            half moderately reflexed, margins are entire and moderately            to highly finely undulate, upper half of free portion            revolute, apex broadly retuse, base 24.5% fused, apex is            broadly acute with an abruptly acute tip, upper surface            texture is smooth, glabrous, velvety and matte, lower            surface texture is smooth, glabrous and very slightly            glossy, color: when opening and fully open upper surface;            upper ⅗th of sepal 178C, margins 178B, lower ⅖th of sepal            13B, tube 151A, outer tip 6B, opening and fully open lower            surface; N170A, broadly margined N170B, base 14B, tube 151A,            outer tip 151D.        -   Peduncles.—Smooth and glabrous surface, round in shape,            average of 20 cm in length, 3 mm in diameter, strong in            strength, held in an average angle of 10°, strong in            strength, color 137A, covered with a thin waxy layer N138D,            bracts; average of 1 per peduncle, broadly lanceolate in            shape, cuneate base, acuminate apex, margins entire with            slight notch on each side, an average of 2.7 cm in length            and 1.5 cm in width, color 155B at base and blending with            144A in towards apex.        -   Pedicels.—Smooth and glabrous surface, round in shape,            average of 3 mm in length, 2 mm in diameter, strong in            strength, held in an average angle of 35°, strong in            strength, color 143A to 143B.-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Gynoecium.—Pistil; 1, average of 5.7 cm in length, style;            5.65 cm in length, color; 166C, proximal end 22B to 22D,            stigma; crested, 11D in color, 0.05 mm in length and            diameter, ovary; oblong in shape, 143C in color.        -   Androecium.—Stamens; 6, anthers; dorsifixed and narrow            oblong in shape, 6 mm in length, 2 mm in width, 22A in            color; filament; 2.9 cm in length, color; 164A, proximal end            15B, pollen; abundant in quantity and 17A in color.        -   Fruit/seeds.—None observed to date.

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hemerocallis plantnamed ‘VER00330’ as herein illustrated and described.